there's crash blocking several lanes as you head out toward the carlson exit. traffic is backed up for miles now. only one lane getting through. ktvu's claudine wong has arrived on the scene. she's just setting up, also getting some more information. but again, the chp is telling us that this involved reckless driving, according to witness reports. the coroner has arrived and they are trying to do their investigation right now. if you live in richmond, somehow get your stoef 508

instead as an alternate and get on that freeway down to 80. we'll have another report from the scene coming up. at 7:01 back to the desk. we have exclusive information on a growing scandal. ktvu news has learned a third woman may come forward with allegations against san francisco's sheriff ross -- rots mirakirami -- ross mirikarimi. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: we've learned that a woman could come forward and testify about p domestic violence. now whether it's the same woman who came forward over the weekend or someone now, we will need to find out -- new, we

will need to find out and wait. this supposedly abuse happened during their relationship. the sheriff has said through his attorney that he has never physically abused anyone he's had a relationship with. he pled not guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence charges against his wife, eleana lopez. the mayor met with the sheriff to see if he will step aside during his trial. the sheriff said he will not. he will not receive pay. he says he will not handle any disciplinary cases involving deputies in the department for the time being. the mayor is due back in court tomorrow to try to get a court order modified that prevents him from seeing his son. there will be a rally here. there will be a bunch of ross

supporters, rallying around him including his wife. we're live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. a moment ago -- we're following breaking news. chp is investigating a fatal crash on westbound 80 in richmond. claudine wong has just arrived on the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i just talked to the chp. they say right now they are looking for the coroner. i want to show you the van involved in this accident. chp says this all happened when a white pickup truck was traveling in the carpool lane. that's the we're standing in frow. they say that went all the way across all four lanes. that's when it was clipped by this white toyota truck. it flipped a couple of times at least and the driver was killed inside that van. police say it seems pretty clear cut about how this all went down. they say the driver of the white pickup truck and the passenger, both are okay.

they've already left the scene. the coroner was called. we were told the coroner would be here about 45 minutes ago. there's nothing more than they can until the quicherier in take the victim from the scene. i want to take you back over to the other side of the freeway. they have two lanes of traffic open right now. we'll walk in front of this tow truck just to show you the backup as we can see it from here. it stretches a while back. this comes right after the carlson onramp. if you can get to that onramp. you can get on here and cut off most of this traffic from your commute. it's backing up every minute that causes. it causes a bigger mess. we're still in a little bit of a holding pattern as we wait for the -- as we wait for the coroner to arrive. if you can avoid this area, you should. live here on interstate 80,

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:05. in other news, during the night fire damaged a san francisco diner about 1:30 this morning. flames broke out. still not clear how it started but smoke was seen scumming -- smoke was seen coming from the kitchen. no injuries have been reported. a new national poll shows a imagine off shift in the republican race for the white house. newt gingrich is now ahead of mitt romney. the tracking poll shows gin britch is favored by 31% of registered republican voters. romney has 27%. rick santorum and ron paul are died -- are tie at 12% each. right now, president obama is heading out to begin a three- day, five-state tour to sell his state of the union address. this is a live picture where

the president is about to board air force one. you can see him there. the president's first stop will be at a fact i that makes conveyer belts in cedar rap lids, iowa. the president shaking the hands there of some -- of the dignitaries and about to walk up the stairs to get on to air force one for the trip to iowa. again, this is the beginning of a three-day, five-state tour where the president will be touting the message that he gave at the state of the union atress last night. his third and many stay the -- say the beginning of his reelection campaign efforts. later today the president will travel to an intel computer plant in arizona. in his peach last night, president obama said the state of the union is strong. >> men who tells that you america is in decline or that our influence is waned doesn't

know what they are talking about. >> coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with republican reaction to the president's state of the union peach. 7:07. well, opponents of the poached bled stadium project in santa clara threatened to take the issue to court. last night the city council rejected the pe tilths that calls for another public vote. noelle walker is live with the details of this debate. >> reporter: groundbreaking is expected to begin next week. but opponents are saying, hold on a second. not too fast. opponents put this to a vote to the people again. last night the city council said the people are already -- already voted oned a approved this -- voted on and approved

this issue last year. this is not a referendum action. >> the 49ers owned and marketed measure j and intentionally left the fact the of what it was going to cost off the ballot. >> reporter: the city approved an $850 million loan to fund the new stadium, something the opponents balked at as a hidden cost. both sides say it apeefrt it might be left up to the courts if this staid yum is actually built and if it is, how it is built. we want to go right back to sal for an update on the 80 situation. >> we're still following this crash where 80 is -- at least halfway blocked. 80 westbound northeasterly carlson. you can see these line of pictures right here.

the cleanup. the coroner this is the van that was involved on westbound 80. it's still there. it's still going to be a -- it's still going to be a huge traffic jam if you are driving from vallejo, pinole and trying to get to rich 340á7bd. but farce -- but cars are getting by. this is a serious problem. some police officers appear to be leaving the scene. but it's still a problem here. i want to mention just down the road at the bay bridge, it's light at the -- at the toll plaza are stuck in the backup. southbound 880, there is a crash south of tennyson on the right-hand shoulder. westbound san mateo and dumbarton bridge dots move well. at 7:0, let's go to steve.

>> some low clouds around here. we'll see that burn off. it lb -- it will be from about the mendocino north ward, there will be rain. we do get the clouds and bipro duck of it. clouds, rain to the north and a lot of low clouds and mostly sunny. whammer here. not much of a breeze. upper 50s and low 40s for many. some of that rain is such a low level it doesn't show up on radar. most of it stays to the north. our system, you can get a good indication of what's going on. high pressure is really picking in. that's sending everything in. as that burns off, south to north we'll be warmer.

some 50s, 60s under partly cloudy skies to mostly cloudy. but then mostly cloudy we'll give way to mostly sunny and a little bit warmer for everybody else. it looks like local drizzle. quiet pattern for most of the bay area, the weekend looks quiet, dry of a little chillny -- chilly in the morning. what prompted the man to show up at at home of a former president? what an after ban soldier said he did because he was so angry. oh, i see.

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president obama, we just showed you getting on air force one. he's following his state of the union speech by visiting other states today. alison burns is live with the message the president is taking on the road. >> reporter: tori, his speech to congress will certainly be the basis for his campaign message in the days and months ahead. let's take another look at the president's departure from andrews air force base about ten minutes ago. he's heading to a manufacturing plant in cedar rapids, iowa, then heading to arizona and

nevada later today. he will be out of d.c. all week during his -- all week. during his speech he demanded congress cooperate despite it being an election year and his priority is to pass the payroll tax. >> let's gee right here right now. no side issues, no drama. pass the payroll tax cut without delay. >> reporter: he also outlined steps to boost the economy, including incentives for company that keep jobs in the u.s. more job training programs and tax reforms. this morning, republicans are accusing the president of doubling down on policies that didn't work while presenting them as new ideas. >> to some extent he acted like he parachuted into town last night. he's been here for three years. >> reporter: how the republican presidential candidates are responding. that's in my update next hour.

alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> our political coverage continues. you will find the latest in the campaign trail in the politics section. an excerpt from president obama's state of the union speech. the secret service detained a man who says a spiritual message sent him to the former president of george w. bush. the man drove right up to the gate of the former's president home in dallas. now, secret service agents stopped him and say they found a gun in his car. the man told the agents, the former agent contacted him spiritually to come and pick up a package. the paper in dallas reports he did not make any trets -- threats, he will not face any charges, the bushes were not home the israeli consulate in georgia was evacuated yesterday afternoon after receiving a

suspicious package. letters sent to the israeli consulate in boston on monday was marked "anthrax." so for -- so far all of the letters have contained a white powder. . new this morning, the head of general motors is defending his company over chevy volt fires. a republican-led house committee is questioning whether the government's

partial ownership in gm created a conflict of interest as it investigated battery fires in the electric cars. but the head of the traffic safety administration told the panel, the agency pulled no punches in its investigation. in the last week, you may recall that gm remained the title of the top seller in the world. a survey shows that toyota is losing its grip among americans. the japanese automaker fell 17 points from the popularity poll last week. however, toyota was still voted the top brand car -- sop car brand followed by the others. students who did not meet the admission requirements were admission. it's called the admission by acceptance policies. that allows students who are demonstrating potential for

success to attend. some of san francisco's small businesses are getting a financial boost. san francisco mayor ed lee is making available $1.5 million through the city's revolving loan fund for 27 small businesses. that fund is meant to help those businesses with expansion in creating jobs. however, mayor lee says it now leads to -- it now meads to be replenished. >> we -- we need some help now. >> part of the fund will come

from a supplemental and others from wells fargo and the repayments of the current loans. 7:20. organizers for the america's cup yacht race have cleared a major hurdle. san francisco's board of supervisors voted to certify an environmental impact report for the cre for the -- for the sailing event. the race will be held in san francisco next year. the san mateo county board of supervisors is taking steps to take over management of sharp park government course in pacifica of san mateo supervisors voted unanimously to negotiate with san francisco to gain control of the golf course. environment groups have sued to close the course, arguing that golfing on the site threatens endangered wildlife. state democratic leaders have filed a lawsuit over their

pay. darrell steinberg and assembly speaker john perez are suing the state controller -- state controller over prop 25. it says lawmakers should not be paid if they don't pass a balanced budget on time and the controller withheld their pay last year. steinberg and perez say the suit is not about money. >> we are not seeking backpay. we are seeing to clarify the constitution going forward. >> at the time chiang said he reviewed the budget and determined it was not balanced and he blocked their pay. happening right now, arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is spending her last day in congress. this is a live look at the house floor. you can see senator nancy pelosi -- or that's

congresswoman nancy pelosi, as has been -- has been recognizing give -- recognize -- recognizing girds. this is mark canter speaking. there was a lot of applause for gabrielle giffords at the state of the union. the president giving her a long embrace. >> that was one of the emotional things as they embraced last night. >> yes. that was an important day for gabrielle giffords. she will be back but she needs to tab dash it's a strong republican state. so it will be a tough fight for the primary election in april and the general election in june. 7:23. we want to peek outside. there are cloudy skies in parts of the prayer this morning.

look out the window. is it gonna stay overcast? stay tuned. steve will have the numbers next month. if you bought a lottery ticket last month, you might want to check it and see where this ticket was purchased.

7:26. let's go to sal and claudine. they are both watching highway 80. they need some luck out there on the roads. sal, what's happening? >> that's right. we still have the crash on 80, carlson. the freeway is down to just one, one and a half lanes. two left lanes blocked here on i-80 as you head down to carlson because of a fatal accident. still waiting on the corey -- on the coroner and for the investigation to wrap up. in the south bay, 85 is slow from 87 all the way to saratoga. >> let's go to steve. okay. thank you. some low clouds over us. that's's still some area -- there's still some areas getting some light rain. there is a lot out there. 40s and 50s on your

temperatures. there's still some rain to the north but again about fort bragg north, it doesn't show up on radar. it's there. the clouds continue to push up towards the oregon border. mostly sunny after the morning low clouds. a little warmer toward the south bay. forecasted highs, 50s, 60s to mid- to upper 60s especially towards morgan hill, gilroy and santa cruz, capitola. a little drizzle. it will be chilly in the morning but sunny and nice during the day. >> all right. thank you, steve. 7:27. two armed robberies on the same street just 40 minutes apart. why police don't think they are connected. the coroner is now on the scene on this fayal accident -- fatal accident. but traffic is a mess. a small gas leak creates a big scare all of -- all because of where it happened. @@

. 7:3 -- 7:30. highway patrol vaufers are investigating a fatal crash along westbound 80 that's causing a major backup. ktvu's claudine wong join us live from the scene. claudine, how do things look now? >> reporter: tori, the coroner is on scene now. the accident is closer to being cleared up. you can see the white van just behind the brown van as they work to get the victim out of

the vehicle. that brown flitched multiple times, killing the driver this morning. the chp says a white pickup truck was in this carpool lane when that minivan actually went across three lanes and hit that truck. the chp tells us what happened next. >> the van came across from the number 4 lane into the number 1 lane contacting the right front corner of the pickup truck. that sent the van over onto its roof where it tumbled multiple times and came to rest in the 2 -- in the number 2 lane. >> reporter: the driver and passenger of the pickup truck are fine. they've left the scene. i want to show you the skid marks where this van flipped. and you can see the chp officers walking down the highway. this accident goes 500 to 600 feet. they said it started very far back and the vehicle just flipped so many times there is a debris field that stretches

all the way down the freeway. i want to give you a look at the traffic pause this is causing a mess. you see the traffic -- that's the carlson road onramp. you can still get on there. everyone else who is coming westbound on 80 will run into a backup that stretches for a long time and because the coroner has just arrived, we still have a little bit of time before they -- before they are able to take this victim away, clear up the debris and get this van out of the way. we could be here for a while. claudine wong, back to you. let's go to sal castanedo following alternate routes how to get aaround this. >> reporter: many people who use the east shore will get off the freeway an use the richmond parkway which joins the freeway up near the hilltop mall.

right up here. and you can take 580 heading out toward the berkeley area away from the richmond bridge. you can use that to bypass this. as claudine mentioned, p you -- if you are in richmond and get yourself through carlson boulevard then you will avoid all of this mess. you can see the road sensors, solid red from pinole. this is a terrible -- this is terrible news for the commute there. if you can put it off, i know sometimes people can't but if you can't, it would be benter to wait until the lanes are open. let's go back to the desk. all right. sal, 7:34. police in pleasant hill out there searching for armed robbers. both happened within an hour. the two locations were just a few miles apart. but police think the crimes are not connected since descriptions of the suspect and

the getaway cars just don't match. a man with a hammer held up a bank. and then two men later threatened a worker with a tire tirn across the street -- iron across the street. this morning edwin ramos is charged with killing anthony bow -- bolonia. today the jury is expected to hear from the only brother to survive the -- to survive this incident. he will testify as he watched in horror as his father and pares were -- brothers were after the didn't.

fallout continues from the oakland police writers scandal. howard jordan has been ordered to work more closely with an independent monitor. nine years ago, the police department agrees to make reforms following the writers case. a federal judge overseeing the consent de -- decree says jordan must consult with a monitor when promoting or displining officers. the writers were a group of officers accused of beating and framing suspects. the officers were never convicted of any crimes. the san jose city council is moving toward ending its pension. council members voted unanimously yesterday to notify the system that te will -- the system that this le -- that

they will termy -- terminate. pension payments have more han doubled -- tripled mountain last decade. 7:36. a fire forced a family of five out of their apartment m oakland. firefighters rush to a building on ban craft avenue. the stays -- flames caused a lot of damage. the residents got out safery. no injuries reported. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. a bass pipe line rupture pronted a previous evacuation m -- a -- a capacity pipe line run ruptured. homes were evacuated as a precaution. that pipeline was prepared by

6:00 p.m. the milpitas fire department and pg&e will conduct a gas leak drill today. it begins at 10:00 a.m. on barbara court. firefighters and pg&e will stage a fake car collision into a natural gas line. they will then practice capping a simulated gas leak. senator lee is introducing legislation that would stop the practice of employees at the california public utilities commissions from going to the work for the ile it -- utilities regulated by the agency for two years after leaving the commission. yee said "it's time to stop the fox from guarding the henhouse." happening now, efforts are to -- are set to get underway to clean up a rockslide near san francisco's coit to you

wore. this is -- you can see some of the rocks here who came down last week. the residents forced to evacuate are ayou willed to return back home but are not ayou willed to spend the night. an engineer and geologist assessed the line. and they said it appears to be stable. 7:38. well, caltrans is working to build the fourth bore for the caldecott tunnel -- tunnel, is moving into the fast lane. that kwr5ádish nal freeway lanes between orie din -- orinda and oakland are expected to open late last year. this $400 million project is cheacketted to dramatically speed up the commute --

expected to dramatically speed up the commute. let's check in with sal. a lot of people trying to get through 80 in richmond. still a big packup? >> yes. >> the corey never has arrived on the scene and they are still doing their final reports here. they are going to remove the van involved. ed to show you that traffic is dmg to be very slow on this freeway. so get on the freeway somehow afterwards, after carlson if you can. the traffic here is morning along pretty well, a little bit of slowing 0 the northbound direction. we want to remind you that the richmond parkway is a decent alternate for 880.

in san jose, the sloatest freeway, bees what? it's 85, let's go to to no we to -- we have a day where we'll get some mostly sunnies in the morning. 38 to 52. a lot of frerts and 50s 40s and -- a front of properties and 50s. a -- 40s and 50s. anything south of that just doesn't show up. it's too low.

it's really light -- light and misty. we'll continue also up towards northern california and the offry again border, keeping things going up there. but you can see how the cloud are billing. that won't do anything for us. some of the fog going down the coast. we see some mid-60s. san carlos, livermore a little more gill way ands is santa cruz. mostly sunny with your pckd in view -- mostly sunny with your weekend in view. right now we want to take you back live to washington, d.c. where congresswoman gid is resigning. you see her there in the sent of your screen with the plaid

jacket and blatses. this is, again, a rive look at the house chore -- glasses. in is a rive, a boost in her da -- it is a rise in her da rear -- career. she would like to continue to serve again but in the meantime, she needs to focus on her recovery. we're not sure if we'll get a chance to hear her speak but that's been a lot of congress

and -- that's mark kelly. he took off on flight while she was recovering. but he's recovered from nasa. there's bay area congresswoman. saying goodbye. there was about a 90-second standing ovation during the state of the union address. i believe that's her mother there in the yellow scarf, who was obviousry been outside if -- who has obviously been oos by her side -- obviously been by her side. in other news, apple stock in record territory. why its quart terly results

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concerned about that. fans of an little converging in san francisco this week. mac world and i-world 2012 starts tomorrow at moscone center west. more than 20,000 people are expected to be at the three-day event. several minority groups are accusing the san francisco police department of spying for the feds. the examiner reports supervisors have introduced a bill limiting ties between the police and the joint terrorism force. if the ordinance passes, police officers can no longer collect

information on people without targeting. the pleasanton school district has voted to bring police dogs to sniff out drugs on campus. the plan was proposed after a big spike m the number of drug incidents at the city's three high schools. the pleasanton police department will provide the dogs at no cost to the district. the canines will conduct random searches of the school's parking lots an lockers. demi moore rushed to the hospital late last night. she's getting professional help

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coach joe paterno will be laid to rest. a visitation is scheduled this for this morning and then a private ceremony this afternoon. we know the 49ers didn't win on sunday. tv rating shows the new york giants' slim victory over the 49ers was the third most watched nfc championship game ever. in the bay area, 1.1 million viewers tuned into the game on ktvu channel 2. that's equal to 17 soldout games at candlestick

with the crowd watching the game at the same time. well, expect to see a strange-looking cable car real soon on super bowl sunday. that's when mayor lee will make good on his bet. he promised to mutt blue and white on the -- in honor of the giants. that came with the bet of new york earlier this month. the mayor a-- the mayor also promised to send sourdough bread to bloomberg. that's right. coming up, february 5th. i think there was a -- a local brewery that's gonna have to -- all right. 7:57. let's check in with sal.

>> i can't recommend a good alternate. people are taking the side streets all over. they are making progress with this cash, the coroner has left to -- also the vehicle is being removed right now. a lot of people are stuck on 80. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. sunshine toward the south bay, the low clouds have burned off. you can see everything building to the north. still still some light rain. the low clouds over us with burn off. it will be mostly sunny here. low clouds, though, some of it 3450eu9 hang around. i think the east bay, south bay and muper -- mid- to upper 60s

there. it will be mostly sunny, mild, warm as we go into the weekend. 7:58 -- 7:58. a morning commute tragedy in the east bay. we been talking about it and there's new developments that happened just in the past 30 minutes. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where the scandal around sheriff ross mira karimmy continues to grow. rock -- we have exclusive information about a third woman coming forward with abis allegation is.

. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, january 25th. now, we have exchicive information now on a growing scandal we've been telling you about. ktvu news has learned that a third woman may come forward would allegations of abuse against san francisco sheriff ross mirikarimi. tara moriarty is here with the details. we also understand there's new information about the domestic violence trial in in case as well. >> reporter: that's right. you know what? jim hammer, a former prosecutor for the d. anklth's office will be meet be with -- meeting with

us to sort of weigh in on this new -- weigh in on this new information. the information that we've obtained about this woman is that she will file some type of complaint, not sure if it will be with police or the d.a.'s's office but it will -- d.a.'s office but it will allege abuse, possibly physical during her relationship with the sheriff. now, the sheriff has said through his attorney he has never physically abused anyone.

mayor lee met with the sheriff to see if he will step aside during the trial. he said he will not. he will not take pay and he will not handle any disciplinary actions within the department for the time being. the sheriff is due back tomorrow to try to get a court order modified. some of his supporters will be rallying here in the afternoon on the hall of justice steps to gather and spoe their support for ross. including ross's wife. back to you. air travelers are feigning some new rights this week. airlines will have to disclose all taxes and fees up front in their advertised air fore-- air force. if you make a reservation, the new laws will alou you to cancel without penalty as long as it's within 24 hours of the

booking made. people we talked to said they will be happy to know what they are paying up for -- paying up front. >> i think it's sort of deceptive to come up with the end. i do a lot of comparison shopping when i'm looking for the right flight. i think it's the right thing. airlines will have to disclose potential baggage fees. the changes take effect tomorrow. city leaders want to use the old oakland army base. the chronicle reports the city will move ahead with plans to done vert the 33 -- convert the 330-acre site into a frustrate transfer area. the proposal is expected to create thousands of jobs and generate revenue.

a new national poll shows a major shift in the republican race for the white house. newt gingrich is now ahead of mot. the poll shows gingrich is favored by -- mitt romney. the poll shows gingrich is favored by 31% over mitt romney. and michele bachmann says she will seek a north term 234 congress -- fourth term in congress. she previously declined to say whether she would run for reelection. she says she looks forward to coming baggage -- coming back and bringing a strong, powerful voice to washington. president obama is heading out to a -- heading out for a

three-day, five-state tour. >> it's time to apply the same rules from top to bottom. no bailouts, handouts and no copouts. >> the president said millionaires should not be allowed to pay a lower tax rate than middles - -- mid the-class americans. coming up we'll bring you a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom on what republicans are saying about the president's speech. a san francisco jack in the box will get to resume its late night showers with some conditions. the richmond district first came under fire in november. that's when a firefighter was run down by an suv following a fight that started inside that restaurant. the restaurant will have to close between 4:00 and 6:00

a.m. and they will have to keep the area crean -- clean. and michelle obama and tom vilsack will talk about new standards for school lunches. the new rules are the first major overhall of school meals in 15 years. they call for more emphasis on offering fruits an vegetables. adding more whole-grain foods and that will increase the cost of the lunches. celebrity chef rachael ray will be searching up the meals. a mechanical air is being blamed for a casino shuttle bush crash. the highway says the plane hit a barrier. the 18 people on the bus only one of them was injured. >> we've been talking about the

crash. sal's back the hopefully there's better news now. >> all of the lanes are clear now. i want to put the map up. serious, fatal crash. 80 at carlson. 580 heading down to the split there near golden gate feeds -- fields. claudine wong will have a live report from the scene coming up. this is a look at interstate 8 0 and that traffic -- 880 and that traffic in oakland is getting busy. let's go to steve. >> we have some sunshine. but a lot of clouds and light rain to the north. mostly cloudy north bay.

but getting some reports of very light rain, drizzle. all signs point towards mostly sunny weather. some fog coming down the coast. you can see -- the air is really saturated up here so it doesn't take much to get moisture. it doesn't even show up on radar. it's so low. we have had reports of lakeport, cloverdale, very light rain. points north, light rain. that's the southern edge of it before anything showing up.

that's a good signature of the high pressure building in. it will continue to do so with rain staying to the north. mostly sunny, morning low clouds. it looks like warmer weather starts to kick in. mid-60s for some. san jose is already mostly sunny. a little warmer morgan hill, gilroy. drizzle tomorrow morning but then sunny, mild. it look likes we'll take this pattern right into your weekend dave and tori. >> it's 8:09. he's now a major player in the race for the white house. the news about nit -- about newt that's exciting republicans in the bay area. mot

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>> reporter: this is westbound 80. the coroner left the scene and then the tow truck removed the van. all of this started about 6:00 this morning.

that's when the chp says a white truck was driving in the carpool lane. and a brown minivan crossed three lanes of traffic and clipped that white truck just on the front end. that white truck got a glat tire, was skidding around for 500, 600 feet. all the while watching the brown mini brown flip, multiple times in front of it. the driver of the minivan was killed. but the impact -- this it -- this is too much for -- this was too much for him and he died at the scene. the big question is why this happened. >> that's what we're looking to find out. >> reporter: he should not even be going in the carpool lane? >> no. >> reporter: back live out here along interstate 880, the chp took aerial photos of the scene which stretched 500, 600 feet. they will talk to witnesses.

they say multiple witnesses were on the highway when this happened. speeds were about 65 miles an hour, which is the speed limit out here. as you can see, things are going much more slowly this morning. at its worse they say traffic was backed up. the moving commute has picked up. it is very slow. i will tell you, i talked to the chp officer who says he has his officers lined all the way up and down this freeway watching for bad driving. what they do not want is another mess. they don't want people weeding through here. sal has been keeping an eye on the alternate routes going in and out of here. i don't know, sal, if there are any other better ways to get through here. >> as a matter of fact, the alternate routes, claudine, are jammed up. i just got a suite from -- tweet from saying people are taking san pablo avenue. and -- and that's jammed up

streets. even 58 o people are -- 580 people are going around. a lot of people try to get down to the richmond parkway and go down to 580. if you are going the whole way, be aware, you will be stuck in traffic on 508 heading out to the golden gate fields area. i can't recommend any good alternate routes. if you just don't want to be on freeway. you can try city streets. i wouldn't do it. they are really terrible. i would just stay on the freeway since all of the lanes are open and traffic is slowly recovering or if you can put off the trip. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. new this morning, republican presidential candidates are giving their rebuttal to president obama's state of the union peach last night. allison buferns -- speech last night. allison buferns is live in --

burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom. >> reporter: mitt romney was out trying to rally in florida. he accused the president of saying one thing in his state of the union speech and doing another. >> the attachment between reality and what he says is so extraordinary. i was just shaking my head as i watched the tv last night. >> reporter: at the same time, president obama left d.c. and is head to a manufacturing plant in iowa. he will continue the message, calling for incentives to keep u.s. jobs in the u.s. >> we cannot settle where a shrinking number of people do well in this country and a growing number of meches bailey get -- americans barely get by.

>> reporter: president obama is making stops in four other states that could be key to his campaign. he will be out of d.c. all week. alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:17. well, arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is spending her last day in congress today. [ applause ] >> you can see it right there. she has the glasses on. she has a standing ovation -- ovation from her fellow lawmakers after taking her final vote just about an hour ago. the vote was for her own bill that would impose tougher sanctions that passed 408-0. the congresswoman was also there last night. you saw this, the state of the union address, president obama, deeply embracing her. very emotional moment right before the president cliffed his state of the union speech. girds announced her retirement

over the -- gabrielle giffords announced her retirement over the weekend. our coverage continues at ktvu.com. you will find the latest in the politics section. according to the san francisco chronicle, newt gingrich will be campaigning in california february 13th to the 16th. this is a live picture out of miami where gingrich is apearing -- is appearing at a campaign event. reportedly he will be in the bay area february sath -- february 15th and 16th. a member of the campaign toll "the chronicle" it will be a press, political and fund- raising tour. and house minority leader nancy pelosi is making a prediction about newt gingrich's chances of becoming president. >> he's not gonna be president of the united states. that's not going to happen. let me just make my prediction

instead by it isn't going to happen. >> why are you so sure? >> there's something i know -- the republicans, if they choose to nominate him, that's their prog tive. i don't even think that will happen. >> we look forward to working with you. >> 8:19. there was a moderate earth is northern italy. it was a 5.0 earthquake centered near rome. it caused some of the buildings there to shake. but there's no word of any damage or injuries. almost a yore after japan's ago and tsunami, a school that suffered dozens of casualties have publicly taken spoinsibility. 74 element students, ten students were killed at the primary school. at a meeting over the weekend, the school's prams apologized and said -- principal

apologized and said the school was not prepared. the solar storm that bol barded earth with radiation yesterday, they got together and tried to see the effects of that radiation storm. that differents astronomer, a better understanding -- amonsters a better understanding of how this works. >> all of that energy from the charred particles is so powerful, it can mess up high- frequently radio comaunnycations, cell phones, satellites. it also forces aferles to redirect along the north pole routes just along a precaution. unlikely heros in a life or death situation.

how two dogs came to the rescue of the owners when every second count. also, the cloudy skies, look outside the window. it's starting to clear up.

. a fire started yesterday morning in a furnace in cheryl washington's home. she says hee and her wheel- chair bound uncle were fast asleep and were only awaken by the two barks of the dogs. >> they are our heroes. we haven't -- we wouldn't have gone out if it weren't for them. >> volunteer fire crews rescue the -- rescued both cheryl and her uncle from the flames. the dogs were trap foferred a while but eventually they were recoved alive. one of them need the oxygen to be revived but they are now doing fine. that's good news. 8:5. let's check in with sal. a lot going on on highway 80 you are watching the toll plaza and everything else. >> yeah, you know, the 80 freeway -- the 80 freeway is so busy. i want to put it on the maps again and show you the 80 freeway heading down, it's still very heavy and the richmond parkway is not a very

good alternate. people are still very -- in very slow traffic there coming in from pinole to richmond. i want to show you the bay bridge taupe. that's light. no major problems getting into san francisco. 85 doesn't look good. don't think about using that. it's backed up. let's go to steve. we've actually had a little rain. the air is so saturated from the rain we've had the last couple of days. low clouds and fog clearing. combination of some sun and clouds. they are running warmer. usually when the low clouds burn off, they don't pum -- they don't come back.

it looks like some of this rain is starting to thin out. it's been pretty steady, shelter cove, fort bragg. it will stay there. mostly sunny after these morning low clouds. some mid-60s, some upper 50s, low 60s. some fog on the coast looks like it will be hanging around. do be -- could be local drizzle. after that, it's a quiet pattern. day to day changes. dave? >> all right, steve. 8:27. critical tests involving the health of bay area children. the important study. this one involves two industrial plants in the east bay. >> reporter: we're live in santa clara where plans to build a new 49er stadium could end up in court.

. welcome back. 8:29. you know, the 4ers already have a coach. they want a new stadium. but the proposed billion-dollar stadium idea doubt -- idea is doubtful. noelle walker is live to tell us about this ongoing debate. good morning, noelle. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we've seen a bunch of people in white hard hats and they appear to be having some sort of a meeting. they are from a construction

company. might be here in advance of monday's planned -- planned groundbreak egg. the groundbreaking is supposed -- groundbreaking. the groundbreaking is supposed to be across the street unless the kowfrt stops it. last year 58% of voters said yes to this. oepts -- opponents say they didn't know all of the factors involved and the cost. >> the 49ers owned and marketed measure j and intentionally left the facts of what it was gonna cost our city off the ballot. i do think there is a reasonable beef that the folks who gathered the petitions have raised. that's the issue of did they get the whole story when they voted for measure j. now, in a 5-2 vote last night, santa

clara city council members rejected the opponents's referendum -- -- open -- opponents' refer endumb. the new head coach of the oakland late -- raiders has tied to the team's long-time division rival. dennis allen has reached an agreement to lead the silver an black -- silver and black for the 2012 season. details of his contract must still be worked out. allen becomes the first raiders' head coach with the defensive background since john madden was promoted from linebackers' coach in 1969. allen, like madden will be a very young head coach. mad enwas -- madden was 33 at the time. jen nis allen is 39 -- dennis

allen is 39. around 1:30 this morning flames breck out at the -- broke out at the bay side cafe at bayshore boulevard. it's still not clear how it started but smoke was seen coming from the kitchen. no injuries were reported. another critical report has come out on california's high speed -- high speed rail project. the state says building between san francisco and los angeles lee is on some risky financial assumptions-- relies on some of the risky financial assumptions. in southern california, a 12-year-old girl has died after being hit pie a train. it happened yesterday afternoon in the small town of boron. that's about 75 miles northeast of los angeles. reportedly, the girl was walking on the tracks when the train approached and sounded its horn.

authorities in kern county says the -- say the little girl americaner -- never moved off the tracks. pish children living within a mile of pacific steel casting in berkeley and custom alloyd scrap sales in west oakland will be tested by researchers. global community monitor is sponsoring this study and they say the children living mere the berkeley plant will be tested for the exposure of manganese. the other area, lead. if you want to learn more about the study, you are invited to the meeting at 6:30 in oakland. it's also somethinged -- surged that some common chemicals could make children's

vaccines infective. the chemical that's used in microwave popcorn backs and pots and pans. there were no doths report -- deaths reported from whooping cough in california last year. first time since 91 of the number of i -- since 19 1. two years ago there was an epidemic as you know. some,000 people were infected. ten inants actually tied. a quarantine has been lifted at one of two marin county senior centers following a noro virus outbreak. eages living in san rafael has been given the all year. nearly 90 people got sick at the two facilities.

nolo -- noro virus is suspected at 16 illnesses. it's highly contagious and causes nausea vomiting and die yee raw -- diarrhea. steve ebert was shot to death juff as he arrived to work. police arrested paree barber. >> steve was a wonderful individual who was very easy to get to know. court documents show the two have had problems with them for several years. in 2009. >> barber filed a lawsuit claiming racial discrimination. >> rooming right now, crews in san francisco cleaving away that rock slide, the one near

san francisco's coit tower. the residents were forced to evacuate. now they are allowed to come back home but fof now -- but for now as this work goes on, they are not allowed to spend the night. we've been keeping an eye on this cleanup effort for about an hour ago right -- for about an hour right now. you can see the crews removing heavy estimate. this actually crushed a car. it's also push over a retaining fence behind the park telegraph complex. 8:37. in new york, there is a utility crew back there that needs to learn how to spell. the crew -- they were wrighting the bord school crossing. cook how they spelled school. this is right out of a school. outside of a school there.

they spelled it wrong. they need to get it right. now it's making national news all over the country. they misspelled the world "school." now it's being reported on. hopefully they will collect it. they said they didn't do it on purpose but they did -- but they did it. 8:37. let's check in with sal, get an update on what's really been a disasterrous commute. >> that's trite. 80 -- 80. yeef's -- 80 westbound. 80 was blocked off for a long time with this van that got into a fatal collision. one person was taken away. one was a -- was a fatality.

let's take a look at. bay bridge toll plaza. that's light. i think a lot of people were stuck in the backup and never did make it -- make it to the toll plaza. they didn't make it in due time anyway. right now, the traffic is light getting into san francisco. we've mae leaking at interstate 880 an that's traffic is going to be slow as it normally is passing hide street. we've had some low traffic. for the most part it's been rue type. we've had a couple of fender- benders. it's a little bit slow segeting to cupertino. >> low cloud around. a lot of low clouds and some rain to the north but the rain line oents -- rain line continues to move to north. still some rain has made it up in the northern sonoma county.

40s and 50s due to the low cloud deck. if it weren't for that, it would be a billion cooler. last stormtracker2 was actually pretty good for a while. and now things are really start -- starting to fall apart. the barometer is 30, 45, it's way up there. you can see where way up there is going. for us, though, it's mostly sunny, after this low cloud deck. it looks like it will be back tonight maybe some local drizzle tomorrow. the next hint of anything would be next tuesday/wednesday. the temperatures today, 50s and 60s. a little warmer toward the south bay. with your weekend in view we have drizzle. sunny, mild, warm, weather. cool morning, sunny, mild day. >> thank you. 20 minutes before 9:00. two armed robberies on the same

street. just 40 minutes apart.

. stocks mostly down ahead of an interest statement from the federal reserve. moments ago, chancellor angela merkel says they will do what they need to to save european unity. apple's stock right now, i'm checking the latest up, 6.8% to $449. the dow is down 49. the nasdaq is up 15. s&p down 1. two bay area high school students are among the finalists for the 2012 intel science talent search. they are gin pan from gunn hool and sharob. the finalists will be invited to washington, d.c. in march to

compete for $630,000 in awards. time now is -- time is now 8:44. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories. that mess on highway 880 is open again fooling -- following a fatal crash. the chp says the minivan crossed three lanes of traffic and clipped a white truck. the minivan roled over -- then rolled over several time of the driver of the minivan was killed. gabrielle giffords is now a formatter member of congress about an hour ago you saw it live right here on "mornings on 2." we showed you her stepping down from congress. she received a thunderous standing occasion from fellow lawmakers including nancy pelosi there. her final act was to vote for her own bill imposing tougher sanctions against drug smugglers and it passed

unanimously. ktvu news has learned that a third woman may come forward with abuse allegations against san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi. ktvu's tara moriarty is live with new developments in this growing scandal. >> reporter: that's a really good word for it, a growing scandal. we just received some information yesterday that the third woman was coming forward. joining me live right now is jim hammer to sort of weigh in on what all of this means. this woman apparently is going to be filing a claim either with the police department or the d.a.'s office, alleging some sort of abuse possibly physical. this can't be good for mirkarimi. >> it's terrible news for the defendant. if the d.a. can get this into court -- and that's a big if -- the jury would see a pattern. from what we've heard, anger followed by some physical

violin. if the judge lets it in, it would be devon stating estd. his wife has said, if it -- this is all a big political conspiracy to take my husband out of -- out of office. >> the question is what's gonna be the defense at trial? the best defense is reasonable doubt. meaning if ross mirkarimi's wife refuses to testify and all he have is this picture of the brew and a bunch of hearsay jury the -- the jury might say that's not enough. and a conspiracy, that seems like a stretch. i don't think that would be the best defense at this point. >> and then ed lee started to talk about are you gonna be able to full -- fulfill your duties. ross said i'm not gonna be --

how is it possible for the different stories. >> ross has said unequivocally he won't step down. in fact he's demanded a speedy trial. ed lee has the power under the city charter, today if he wants to, to suspend ross mirkarimi from office. what that would set in motion where the ethics commission in san francisco would hold a trial and the evidence on that trial would go to the supervisors worth three- quarters and then vote -- and then vote to throw them out of office. >> reporter: have you ever seen anything like this happen before? >> it's pretty unprecedented in san francisco, to have a law enforcement official -- we had the -- the fuhutsa scandal.

it will be a pretty excited 30, 45 date. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. tomorrow ross will be appearing in court here to try to remove a protective order so that he can visit his son. also, there will be a rally held on the front steps here which will include a lot of supporters including his life. police in pleasant hill are searching for armed robbers blamed for two frightening holdups. both happened within one hour yesterday morning and the two locations were just a few miles apart. but police think the crimes are not connected since descriptions of the suspects and the getaway car do not match. a man with a hammer held up a man outside of a bank on contra costa bled a short time later -- contra costa boulevard a short time later after threatening a worker with what

looked like a tire iron. the secret service briefly detained a man who said a spiritual message sent him to the home of former president george w. bush. the man described as peaking in his 40s or 50s drove to the gate of the former president's home. the secret service stopped hill and found a gun in his car. he told agents mr. bush contacted him spiritually. the israeli consue -- consulate in atlanta, georgia was convicted yesterday. afternoon -- that was after the consulate received a suspicious letter that contain -- that contained white powder. federal pay gents now want to see if it's related to similar late -- letters recently sent to other embassies 2349 u.s. an around the world. a letter states -- set on

monday was marked "anthrax" so -- so far all packages are not harmful. we're getting new details this morning about a raid by u.s. navy seals that rescued two hostages in somalia. president obama was told about this right before his state of the union speech last night that the raid was successful but it hadn't been finished yet. so he couldn't talk about it. mowf -- hufer -- how far, microphones picked up the

president congratulating leon a knelt ta. >> good job tonight. >> it turns out -- they parachuted into somalia and rescued an american woman and danish man and killed all of the hijackers. 32-year-old american aid worker jessica buchanan and a 60-year-old man are headed home to be rue mighted with their families. they were held can'tive after being held at gunpoint. tens of thousands gathered in kye low's -- cairo's tahrir square. hosni mubarak is now on trial. he's aued of ordering -- accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of protesters

during that unrest. there are reports of tension there in tahrir square. liberals are calling for continuing action on this. this man was snnsed to a reduction in rank and a plea deal. earlier this week, he plead the guilty -- he pled guilty. a scare near the -- near the site of a san bruno disaster. the reason some people were forced to evacuate their homes. and speeding up the improvements of the caldecott tunnel swunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut

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. this is now day 7 with no electricity for some of the residents in southwest washington state. last week's huge snowstorm knocked out -- knocked out power for about 6,000 people in trout lake. some of the businesses are using those backup generators to stay open. but schools have been closed ever since that storm hit. utility crews working 16-hour shifts trying to get the power back on. they hope to have it back up and running within the next couple of days. 8:56. a fire forced a family of five in oakland out of their

apartment last night. firefighters rushed to a building on bancroft avenue around 9:30 p.m. they got a look inside the first floor unit where the fire started. the flames caused a lot of damage and burned the ceilings and walls. the residents got out safely. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a gas pipe line rupture prompted a brief evacuation in san bruno. it happened two miles away from the site of the deadly explosion in 2010. pg&e says construction crews accidentally damaged the line on chestnut avenue. about half a dozen homes were evacuated for 45 minutes as a precaution. the pipe line was repaired by 6:00 p.m. caltrans says the work to build that fourth bore for the caldecott tunnel is moving into the fast lane. crews working in opposite direction has now connected two major tunnel sections and the additional freeway lanes between orinda and oakland are

due in oakland late next year. this $400 million project is expected to dramatically speed up the commute for thousands of drivers in the east bay. we want to check in with sal see how traffic is winding down on this wednesday morning. i just want to mention that the crash that we had on 80, on 80 that made the traffic so slow may have actually been caused by highway violence. police are investigating that this may have been a race of -- case of road rage. we'll have more at noon. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a lot of low clouds around. already some sun out there. it will be mostly sunny, highs in the 60s. there you go. some breaks already in the clouds. >> all right. that's the report for this morning. thanks for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. bye-bye. ññg